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it's been more than a week since the boston bombings, the families and friends of the victims continue to say good-bye to those lost. in this hour m.i.t. officer sean collier is being remembered. the university m.i.t. is holding a memorial service in his honor at the school's brigs field. vice president biden is there. he's expected to speak. we'll bring you parts of the service live throughout this hour. a number of the people speaking we'll hear from and number of performances as well. i'm anderson cooper. this is our special coverage of the boston bombings. a lot to bring you up to date on now as the families say good-bye to the victims. here's where we stand with the investigation. it is a fast moving investigation. delegation from the u.s. embassy in moscow has arrived in the russian republic of dagestan to interview the parents, the suspected bombers we're told the wounded suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev could soon be transferred out of the medical center. family members of those wounded in the attacks were still hospitalized there are angry about him being in the same hospital with their loved ones being treated.
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and the street where the bombs exploded is open for business. authorities allowed the public back on boylston street today for the first time since the terror attacks. we're getting new information also on the suspect's background and the older brother's embrace of radical islam. a man who was married to the sister of tamerlan and dzhokhar tsarnaev says the siblings adored one another. that could explain being coaxed into radical islam. we're just throwing knowledge out. wolf blitzer spoke by phone with the husband -- former husband of one of the sisters. he says radicals definitely influenced the older brother. >> i believe that there are other people involved.
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>> what does that mean? other people involved? >> i mean other terrorists -- not terrorists but extremely radical people. i don't want to point out religion itself because it's a peaceful religion, but there are people who preaching it the wrong way probably. so i believe, yes, there are some people involved. i don't blame the special, the secret service, i don't blame the fbi, i don't believe in framing, but i do believe that someone preached tamerlan so much and this has come in from the mosques or religious groups in boston. i don't believe dagestan is involved in it. >> should also acknowledge that the former brother-in-law says he has not seen the brothers in two years. so his information is not current for the last two years. he did say that he met a man named misha which is the russian
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similar of michael, he doesn't know much about this misha person. it's not clear if authorities are looking for this person to talk. one would assume they are. there are conflicting accounts whether bombing suspect tamerlan tsarnaev was on any kind of terrorist watch list of database. we know he was on fbi after russian officials raised red flags. now lawmakers in washington want answers about how authorities handled that case. jim acosta is following that part of the story for us. do we know, jim, whether or not tamerlan tsarnaev was on any kind of watch list? >> anderson, we get report from law enforcement and national security sources telling cnn that tamerlan tsarnaev was on two different databases. let me walk you through this, anderson. the first one is the terrorist screening database also known as the tsdb. that is a database that has roughly 500,000 names in it.
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so a name like john doe could be in there 10,000 times. so tamerlan tsarnaev's name according to our sources was in that database. he also apparently was in a database called t.i.d.e. that is a classified database. and it is very important because these databases are used by the fbi, by law enforcement officials to put together the terror no-fly list. and apparently tamerlan tsarnaev's name was not on that list, but there was a notation in one of these databases that were tamerlan tsarnaev to leave the united states, that the fbi was supposed to be pinged. and apparently according to what janet napolitano testified on capitol hill yesterday, there was a ping in the system when tamerlan left the country to go to russia last year, but according to our sources what we're being told is that there was a one-year timeframe for
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that ping, that notation in the system. so when he went to russia, the database pinged, but when he came back the database did not ping because during that trip to russia apparently that notation that was in the system expired. so all of this is very important because as we've been reporting over the past few days, anderson, lawmakers on capitol hill are very frustrated about all of this. why are there conflicting storying about whether or not tamerlan tsarnaev did appear in the system when he was making this trip over to russia. earlier this week lindsey graham, senator from south carolina, said that that did in fact happen and janet napolitano, the homeland security secretary, said that he was not on some sort of terror watch list. so obviously there's going to be big questions asked at the upcoming white house briefing that will be happening in about half an hour from now, anderson. >> yeah. i guess had he pinged coming
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back, he could have been perhaps interviewed which he wasn't when he came back. jim, appreciate that update. now a significant moment to tell you about in boston's recovery. it happened earlier t morning when the barriers came down on boylston street. stores and businesses reopened. customers are returning. it isn't business as usual of course. that may take some time. the tragedy unfolded nine days ago is still fresh in everyone's mind. kate baldwin, what's it like where you are? >> it's a beautiful day. we're in the heart of the back bay and there's finally hustle and bustle here on boylston street. they opened this street way early this morning. the traffic flowing, back open here at copley center. i walked around personally and saw people relaying concrete,
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fixing shattered glass. but out of respect for the victims we're not down there. we're here at the memorial. and this is lauren. lauren, i grabbed you because first of all i saw the medal. you ran the marathon. >> right. i did. >> how far did you get? >> when i was turned around i was in the underpass, i believe about third, maybe a little more than that away. >> you ran as much of the marathon as possible. you went away. you came back home to boston. you wanted to be down here. i saw tears streaming down your eyes minutes ago. why is this so personal for you? >> i came in today to pick up my medal for myself and my friend that i run all the marathons with. and i just wanted to get our medals because we did the best we could and we just wanted to pay our respects. >> help people understand who are not bostonians who are not from massachusetts, i keep saying this is a tough crowd and this is a tough city as we see the heart of the back bay sort
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of reopening. how do you see all of this as you move forward? >> this is a place that's usually full of happiness, especially on marathon monday. i hope it continues. i came today to pay my respects after picking up my medal. >> and one more question, this was your third boston marathon, you running again? >> definitely. >> okay. lauren, thank you so much. >> you're welcome. have a nice day. >> thank you. anderson, here we are. it's been a steady stream of people, younger, older, wanting to pay their respects, people here from boston, people from all around the world. you can see the three crosses here just to my right of the three young lives lost last monday in the blast. people here talking about healing, a lot of boston strong signs, maybe not moving on but moving forward. anderson. >> brooke, appreciate that update. when the bombs went off, hundreds of people who live and work on boylston street witnessed the carnage. it was obviously a life changing experience none of them could imagine happening.
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many of them went in actually immediately to help the victims are back at work today. one is with me here now. the manager of marathon sports, a store that was just a few feet from where the first bomb went off. what's it like to be there today to see the place back open? >> haven't really been there today. i was there yesterday. and it was still a very surreal atmosphere. that's really all i can say. >> are you happy to see opening? are you happy to see businesses opening again? >> yeah. i mean, we need to go on. it's just i don't know how -- i don't know how that -- i don't know what's going to happen. i mean, we do need to move on. i think a part of me has a -- i have my own little things i've got to still go through, but i don't know how the people that were really affected by this the
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victims and their families and the injured, that's where my prayers are still going out to them. that's the part i don't know what the reaction is. >> the store actually kind of became a triage area. >> in some ways, yeah, we had, i believe we had three injured in the store at the time. and then just that whole entire area. >> how do you deal with that? >> i don't know. you just keep keeping one foot forward. i guess you try to block it out, which in some ways it's hard to do and yet sometimes it's easy to do. i haven't been able to get into a normal routine since that day. >> you keep thinking about that day. >> yeah. unfortunately, it may be fortunate, everything that keeps coming up now it just keeps
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bringing that all back. so as a person that was there or as a victim that was there, that isn't ever going to go away where i think a lot of people will eventually time will heal for them. but i think anyone that was there will feel a part of that and it will never go away. >> there is this extraordinary, i don't know if spirit is the right word, that i think everybody who lives here has witnessed over the last nine days. this sense of togetherness. i've seen in other conflicts around the world in the wake of tragedies like this, but it is -- do you feel that? >> i have felt it definitely from my friends and family that have given me the responses back. i've definitely seen it from being a running specialty store we have vendors that are outreaching towards us. we have had a ton of support for that. as a runner, we are a very kind
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person and a very close-knit person. and we always whether we're training for a marathon or training for your first time around the block, once you start running, you know what everyone else is going through. running is the only event you can compete against world class people. not that we're in the same corral, but we're racing -- >> i've heard from so many people saying they want to start training for the marathon next year. i talked to a woman adrian who lost part of her left leg, she not only wants to dance again, she wants to run in the marathon. >> usually after the first time of the marathon you have the inspiration i want to do that now. and i think even more so now people want to do it. whether they want to run boston again or they just want to start running, but i think now people want to have that connection to a runner. >> listen, i wish you the best. >> thank you very much. >> thanks for being with us. >> shane o'hara. this hour we're going to bring
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looking at live pictures of a memorial service that's begun for m.i.t. officer sean collier. his brother is expected to
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speak. also vice president biden, james taylor expected to perform. we'll bring that to you as well. police say he was gunned down by the bombing suspects while sitting in his patrol car on campus. police lined the streets in his hometown. >> saluting one of their own gunned down in the midst of boston's nightmare. here, the hearse carries the body of 26-year-old sean collier, an m.i.t. police officer. as it makes its way to his hometown of wilmington, massachusetts, crowds gather as a mark of respect. >> sean is not in that casket. sean will continue to live on and his legacy will continue to live on. >> fellow officers remember collier as a good man who dreamed of becoming a peace officer. >> it wasn't about the pay or the benefits or retirement. it was about what folks are
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supposed to be about and that's help people. >> in wilmington thousands of police officers, friends, neighbors and students from the campus he defended joined in prayer. >> and i think sean, you know, that's what he would want. he would want us to all continue to carry on. >> his mother, said to be too crushed, was not there. but collier's stepfather was. he asked for prayers not only for his son, but for those officers who today protect our communities. >> every day they go out and try to keep us safe from the people that are determined to do evil in the world. and, you know, we should appreciate all that they do for us. >> brooke baldwin, cnn, boston. >> an outpouring and love for officer sean collier. you want to help those effected by the boston bombings, visit
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the memorial service on the campus of m.i.t. vice president joe biden is there. authorities say that collier was shot by the marathon bombers while he sat in his patrol car on campus late thursday night. all week students and faculty have been leaving notes and flowers at a makeshift memorial for the 27-year-old officer. so much grief since the bombings nine days ago. we're going to be bringing you more of the memorial service throughout this hour. sean collier's brother is expected to speak, vice president biden as well, james taylor is expected to perform. i want to bring in reverend liz walker and former local news anchor much beloved here in boston. reverend walker, appreciate you being with us. as we see this memorial service underway, how do you council people dealing with grief probably often? what do you say to them? >> you tell them that it's normal to grieve. we really have to grieve. grieving is necessary. there are people walking around
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thinking you have to be strong and keep going and get over it, but, no, you can't. you really do need this time to cry and to mourn because that lifts up that person that we lose or that situation that has changed for you. so we try to let people know that it's normal and that it takes time. it's not going to end when your cameras shut down. it's going to go on into different stages. >> i often found actually for family members the hardest part is often once the funeral is over and once the family and the loved ones and other people start to, friends, kind of return to their lives and your left still holding on to the pain and it's very difficult to suddenly find yourself alone in that. >> that's the worst part of it. i think that's going to be very difficult here because this has been a community that come together. so people don't feel alone. they feel very much covered by everybody else. but when the cameras go and the police, you know, the lines go, these people are left to deal with it themselves. and i know they'll have support. i think they'll always support them, but i think to realize that and to know that and just move through it and be gentle.
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>> you have to keep breathing in and out one breath at a time and one step at a time. and sometimes it takes -- there is no timetable for grief. >> no timetable, no rules. they say there are five stages. anger, denial and that kind of thing, but there really are no rules. we all go through it our own way. >> i always say the word closure, it's such a tv word, for somebody who has lost somebody, i don't think there's such a thing as closure. >> i don't think there is, anderson. when my father died, my mother never stopped grieving for the rest of her life. i don't think we have the right to tell people how to grieve. but i think as a community we can continue to help people. >> let's listen in. ♪ what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright
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this community. as we watch this service, it is interesting this position that you're in. you became a reverend, you gave up being a television anchor, do you find commonalities? both reporters and people -- responding to people in great moments of turmoil. >> we're also kind of first responders if you will. you are covering the story and i'm moving in to try to help people find meaning or find their way through it and i think that's what you do too as a journalist. so, yeah, it's similar. i find it a humbling experience because we get to see people at the deep end of the pool, if you will. we get to see people in amazing celebrati celebration. and we get to see people in deep, deep grief. that's what we're seeing here. and we're a part of that too. >> we don't often speak about grief. we don't often speak about loss unless it's in the wake of something like thisment.
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in this society people are very uncomfortable with that. but it's these sort of times when people's hearts are more open and raw and people want to speak in that way. and i think those of us who have experienced loss in our lives feel comfortable like to speak about it, like to kind of remember -- not dwell on the loss but to remember. >> i think that's how you find your heart, anderson. this culture kind of pushes us through, competitive, but we have these moments that are very painful and horrible and also show the tenderness in your heart. i think that's really necessary to be human, to be who we are. >> reverend walker, i've enjoyed talking to you the last couple days. >> thank you so much. god bless. >> reverend liz walker. as i said, we are going to bring more of this memorial service as sean collier's brother speaks, vice president biden, james taylor will perform. there's another way you can help those affected by the boston bombings. visit impact your world on cnn.com. we'll be right back. this day calls you.
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looking at the memorial service for officer sean collier, the m.i.t. police officer killed last thursday evening. the grieving continues in boston nine days after terror attacks. we're going to bring more of this memorial throughout the hour. officer collier was shot four to five times as he sat in his police car on campus. welcome back to our continuing coverage special edition of "cnn newsroom," the area where tragedy struck directly behind me here is now open for business. boylston street, the public is being allowed back on to the street for the first time since the terror attacks. there's a strong police presence obviously, but people are moving about freely. we're showing for the first time from the man who used to be married to the suspect's sister, he tells cnn he thinks the older
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brother, tamerlan, went from being an aspiring olympic boxer to a self-radicalized jihadist after becoming friends with a mysterious and influential armenian man. he says the friendship started in cambridge. u.s. investigators looking for answers from the suspects parents. trying to interview the parents. we understand they have talked to the mother and waiting to talk to the father. this is the district attorney who represents the boston area weighs in on the case against the bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev. he's listed in fair condition. it appears he won't be facing state charges in the bombing. ashleigh banfield joins us with many r on that. the d.a. told you he'll defer to federal prosecutors. why is that? >> you know, it's a great question, anderson. it's because the federal statutes that have been drawn up since the world trade center's
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first attack are very, very thorough and very narrow and carry with them extraordinary penalties that are even stronger than they are here. and the d.a. said they have everything they need to do what they need. and it would be redundant to just throw the resources towards the investigation to pursue state charges. again, this is for the bombing, for all of the crimes you can tie to the bombing on the marathon day. don't forget the m.i.t. officer who was killed is in another county. and that's a separate crime. and that happened on a separate day. so the d.a. in middlesex county across the river has the option to go ahead with state charges in connection with that. but in the meantime it's pretty fascinating to note that this d.a. in this county, suffolk county, says it doesn't matter what's been said in this hospital behind me. doesn't matter if it's mirandized or not mirandized, even if you can't use any of the statements dzhokhar tsarnaev has been making to investigators about his culpabpabilitculpabil
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shear volume of pristine evidence he knows of so far he believes makes it a very strong case. have a listen to the d.a. dan conley as he put it to me. >> i believe in this instance based on what i know about the evidence that it wouldn't be an easy case. none of them really ever are, but it would be a compelling case and a strong case and i would expect a conviction. >> that's a pretty strong statement. i would expect a conviction. given the fact that the federal authorities still have the option in front of them to actually pursue the death penalty with these charges. i just want to let you know this as well, anderson. behind me in this hospital dzhokhar tsarnaev is in the custody of u.s. marshals. so if he is to be moved as the d.a. tells me he may be in the next couple days due to the consternation of the families also here, bombing victim families, there are 11 of those patients still here, if he is to be moved, that call will be made by the doctors.
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the doctors will allow that to happen when the patient is sturdy enough. he's in fair condition at this point. but the doctors will make the ultimate call. u.s. marshals will ultimately figure out how that transportation will happen because he's in their custody. what i'm told by the d.a. is that he could be potentially transferred to another medical facility if he still needs acute care, but then ultimately he will likely end up in the massachusetts correctional institute in plymouth, about 40 miles south of here in boston. it's a state facility but can house federal prisoners while he awaits trial. the d.a. believes that trial could take 12 to 18 months from now. they also house whitey bolger. and that plymouth sfilt i facility is where he believes he would be housed waiting for that trial, anderson. >> ashleigh, appreciate all the updates from you. the man who found the suspected bomber in his boat and alerted police is going to take us
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through those moments where his account is different than what had been reported for the last several days. he'll explain what he saw with his own words next. >> and i look in the boat over here and looked on the floor and i see blood.
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welcome back. we are going to be taking you to the memorial service for officer sean collier, the m.i.t. officer killed on thursday night. his brother is expected to speak in about five or ten minutes from now. we're going to bring that to you live. vice president biden is there. we'll also bring you his comments. jaime taylor is also going to perform. we'll bring that to you as well. sean collier is just one of the victims of the bombings last week. his family will be getting help from the one fund boston already collected over $20 million. our jake tapper talks with ken fienberg, the man who's going to distribute the money. he says it's not just about money, it's about people's
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lives. >> an important part of this as you've said is you meeting with the families, talking about how this money cannot make them whole. what else do you tell the families when you meet with them? >> first of all, it is -- when you meet with individual families in confidence private meetings, it's very emotional. mr. fienberg, keep the money, i don't want the money, bring my son back. bring my wife back. bring my husband back. i can't do that. you explain i can only do a small thimble of your tragedy, of the crisis you confront provides some financial help that may help you move forward as best you can. you do not begin to try and place yourself in the shoes of these survivors. it's very, very emotional. >> ken fienberg of course the
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man who helped distribute the 9/11 funds among others. you can see the entire interview today 4:00 eastern with jake tapper. you've heard by now how the boston bombing manhunt kicked into overdrive because of one neighborhood man checking on his boat. that's how the boat looks now where the terror suspect tried to hide from police who were intensely searching house to house. how he was discovered is an amazing story and different than the version you've probably heard. it's not quite the way it went down. the boat's owner talked to our boston affiliate wcbb. >> this boat is -- >> reporter: the slipaway was in dave henneberry's backyard like it always is. did you see anything unusual about the boat? >> well, i put pads between the shrink wrap, the belly strap. i put roller pads, all rollers in there. and it stops the chafing. and two of those had fallen down to the ground. >> reporter: at the time he
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didn't think twice about it. and when word came to resume normal activity. so at that point in time what do you decide to do? >> go out. get some air. you know. i said i'm just going to put the pads back. >> reporter: they were bugging him so he went to the backyard to investigate the pads. >> no indication of anything. i know people say, there was blood on the boat, saw blood on one end. >> reporter: not true. >> not true. >> reporter: word is you saw the boat, you pulled back the wrapping, you saw a body, it moved and you called 9-1-1. >> no, no, no. >> reporter: so he went to the garage and grabbed a stepladder. >> i got i think three steps up the ladder and i was -- i rolled it up and i can see through now the shrink wrap. i didn't expect to see anything. and i look in the boat over here and i looked on the floor and i see blood. >> reporter: a lot of blood?
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>> a good amount of blood. and i said, wow, did i cut myself last time i was in the boat a couple weeks ago and forget to clean? no, you know. no. then i just looked over there and there's more blood in the front on the floor. and i look back and forth a couple times and my eyes went to the other side of the engine box, the engine box is in the middle. >> reporter: uh-huh. >> there was a body. >> reporter: what were you thinking about that moment? >> oh, my god. >> reporter: he couldn't see suspect number two's face. he was glad. >> i know i took three steps up the ladder, i don't remember stepping down off the ladder. i think i just -- >> reporter: and then you run in the house. >> yeah. >> reporter: and immediately call 9-1-1. and told them there's a body in the boat. and when he got off the phone he went right back outside. >> this hits you more afterwards when you think, my god, we
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probably slept last night. this guy could be -- you don't know. it's surreal. >> reporter: in that instant police responded and he and his wife were taken away. people are calling you a national hero, you know that? >> incidental hero. i wasn't out on the prowl, i was out to see my boat and i stumbled across this. that's, you know -- >> reporter: but you've contacted everyone. you did the right steps. and it reached a successful conclusion. >> it did do that. yes, it did do that. i'm glad -- i'm just glad that if -- i hate to use cliches words, but if the people got killed can get some comfort --
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>> reporter: you know, in my ways they do. >> want to thank ed harding, our boston affiliate wcbb for that. we want to take you to the memorial service for officer sean collier. his brother is going to be speaking. he's not speaking yet. we'll just listen in. >> -- friends, neighbors, officers, your students, strangers, old faces and new, just everyone has been showing our family so much love and respect and has been much appreciated. looking out to the crowd, chief, sergeant, you guys have been topnotch. m.i.t. campus police, all you guys, officer west, david smith, just outstanding. somerville, boston p.d.,
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cambridge, wilmington, stoneham, all over the place, out of country. i've seen new hampshire -- canada, sorry. ireland, south carolina, florida, people from all over have just been outstanding. neighboring towns, i mean everyone. it truly speaks to the respect and bond that you all have and the club that sean is a part of for all eternity. if there's anything that we can learn from this is the morals and beliefs that sean exemplified during his time in service. respect, support and caring. it's taught me to smile to a stranger, a simple hello, an outreached hand can ultimately change how people treat each
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other. it's taught me that i want to be more like him. comfort someone when they're having a bad day. offer some of your time to help someone out. tell your parents that you love them for no other reason than you just do. hug your family members. all of us. try something new. open up. square dancing, sean's got two left feet. i was totally shocked by that one. just for the chance you might meet some new friends and have lifelong memories. sean has truly changed the way i want to live. as a police officer, he would be proud. if you knew sean personally, you would know how much he loved country music. one of his favorites, zac brown band, could always be heard pumping out from his truck going down the street. just the thought of that makes
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me smile. one of their songs goes "i got my toes in the water, ass in the sand, not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand, life is good today, life is good today." life is good because our family has 27 years of memories with sean. he will live in our family and hopefully yours forever. so whether you called him hard cop, bag of donuts, or his boston p.d. covert called him, to our family he was seanie. live long like he would. big smiles, big heart, big service, all love. we know that we'll see him again. and he'll have that big grin and a hug for all of us. officer sean collier, we love you.
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[ applause ] >> thank you, andrew, both for your words and having shared your brother with those of us at m.i.t. it is an honor to have welcomed him into our family. it is my privilege now to introduce the senior senator from massachusetts elizabeth warr warren. >> we'll have more of this memorial service in just a moment. stion: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed: the official retirement age. ♪ the question is how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all of these years. ♪
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[ male announcer ] the first look is only the beginning. ♪ ♪ this is a stunning work of technology. ♪ this is the 2013 lexus es and the first-ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. memorial service for sean collier, m.i.t. police officer killed on thursday night. his brother andrew was the first to speak, apparently chose not to. rob rogers, you just heard speaking that's another brother. andrew was standing next to him. senator warren from massachusetts is talking now.
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then vice president biden will talk. let's listen in. >> we see here today in the thousands of men and women in law enforcement from all across the country who have come to mourn, who have come to honor, who have come to celebrate one of their finest. we are strong. we are collier strong. we are boston strong. but the true source of our strength and our resilience is our spirit. our recognition that we are united, we are connected, we are one. and when we serve each other, we give of ourselves, we grow in strength. the spirit of service shone brightly in sean. we will miss you, sean, but we
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will not forget you. it is now my honor to introduce another man who has lived his life with spirit and who is always understood that service to each other makes our communities and our countries stronger. ladies and gentlemen, the vice president of the united states. >> thank you. thank you. thank you all very much. thank you. i'm standing for you. you should not be standing for me. all of you. all of you officers, elizabeth,
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that was beautiful. and accurate. senator cowen, members of my friends in the congressional delegation of massachusetts, mr. president, chief, that was a remarkable tribute to one of your own. thank you for doing this, mr. president. and i'm humble that i was asked to participate. and i mean that seriously. we use that phrase lightly because i know, i know from experience that there's not much that i'm going to be able to do to fill that void, that sense of loss, the grief or answer those nagging questions about why.
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deval, governor, you not only made your state proud, you made the nation proud. you made all of america proud. your resolute, calmness, conviction and determination resonated around the world because the whole world was watching. and a guy that i've known and loved for a long time, mayor menino, called tommy, one of the greatest mayors of all the mayors in this country, the definition of boston strong, unyielding, absolutely committed and literal ly getting himself out of bed when he should be in bed to

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